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5 Cents - Canadian Tire 'Money' 75th Anniversary
| Issuer | Canadian Tire Corporation, Limited |
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| Year | 1996 |
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| Shape | Rectangular |
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| Obverse description | At left, a large circular "75 YEARS / ANNÉES 1922–1997" anniversary vignette; at right, the caricature figure of "Sandy McTire" in traditional Scottish dress. The Canadian Tire corporate logo forms an underprint at centre, flanked by two facsimile signature lines with bilingual title designations below a decorative text banner. |
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| Reverse lettering | REDEEMABLE IN MERCHANDISE ONLY AT CANADIAN TIRE STORES Property of Canadian Tire Corporation, Limited. Propriété de la Société Canadian Tire Limitée. 5¢ CANADIAN TIRE 5¢ Cash bonus coupons are redeemable in merchandise only at Canadian Tire associate stores and only in association with consumer purchases of merchandise or service in the ordinary course of retail business. Les billets-bonis sont remboursables en marchandise uniquement aux magasins associés Canadian Tire, et cela seulement dans le cadre d'achats de marchandises ou de services, faits par un consommateur dans le cours normal des opérations de vente au détail. REMBOURSABLE EN MARCHANDISE UNIQUEMENT AUX MAGASINS CANADIAN TIRE |
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Canadian Tire's paper coupons — universally called "Canadian Tire money" despite having no legal tender status whatsoever — date to 1958, when the company introduced them as a loyalty scheme to compete with trading stamps. The 75th anniversary marked in this 1996 issue refers to the corporation's founding in 1922, not the coupon program itself. BA International, the successor identity to the British American Bank Note Company, printed genuine currency for the Bank of Canada alongside this kind of commercial scrip — an unusual overlap of mandates for a security printer.
The coupon program was discontinued in paper form in 2012, the same year BA International ceased operations.